The Youth & Family Educator is responsible for planning and facilitating engaging educational experiences that support youth development, academic enrichment, leadership, and workforce readiness. This role delivers interactive instruction through workshops, group activities, project-based learning, and community engagement initiatives designed to prepare participants for success in school, careers, and life.
Working collaboratively with the Youth & Family Services team, the Educator delivers programming centered around OIC's three core pillars:
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Positive Youth Development
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STEAM Exploration
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Career & Workforce Readiness
The ideal candidate is an enthusiastic facilitator who can build meaningful relationships with youth, create engaging learning experiences, and foster a safe, inclusive environment where every participant feels empowered to succeed.
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Facilitate engaging workshops that promote leadership, communication, teamwork, financial literacy, healthy decisionmaking, and personal growth.
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Deliver curriculum focused on Positive Youth Development, STEAM exploration, career awareness, and workforce readiness.
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Create interactive, studentcentered learning environments that encourage participation, collaboration, and critical thinking.
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Incorporate handson learning experiences, projectbased activities, and career exploration into instructional programming.
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Support participants in developing confidence, goalsetting skills, professionalism, and workplace readiness.
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Collaborate with Youth Workforce Navigators and program staff to ensure seamless participant support and successful program outcomes.
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Coordinate educational activities, special projects, field experiences, and youth engagement events.
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Adapt instructional methods to meet the diverse learning styles and developmental needs of participants.
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Encourage consistent participation, engagement, and positive youth development throughout the program.
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Maintain accurate attendance records, participant documentation, and program reports.
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Ensure compliance with organizational policies, grant requirements, and program standards.
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Assist with participant recruitment, outreach, and retention efforts.
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Participate in staff meetings, trainings, and ongoing professional development.
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Bachelor's degree in Education, Human Services, Social Work, Youth Development, Psychology, or a related field preferred.
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Two (2) years of experience facilitating educational, youth development, afterschool, or communitybased programs.
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Experience teaching, training, mentoring, or facilitating workshops for youth or young adults.
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Strong classroom management and group facilitation skills.
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Experience incorporating workforce readiness, leadership development, STEAM, or life skills programming is highly desirable.
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Excellent communication, relationshipbuilding, and interpersonal skills.
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Ability to motivate, inspire, and engage youth from diverse backgrounds.
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Strong organizational and time management skills.
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Passion for youth development and OIC of South Florida's mission.
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Ability to travel throughout Broward and MiamiDade Counties.
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Reliable transportation.
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Flexibility to work occasional evenings and weekends for program activities and special events.
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Successful completion of a background investigation.
WHO IS OIC? OIC of South Florida is a beacon of hope through its ability to serve as a community-based workforce, job development, and training organization. OIC of South Florida focuses on the unemployed, underemployed, unskilled, and those with barriers to self-sufficiency due to past indiscretions in their background through our various Workforce Development Division programs. OIC of South Florida also seeks to proactively address the vicious cycles of poverty via our Youth & Family Division programs. By partnering with local schools and government agencies, OIC of South Florida can successfully provide career awareness and readiness programming annually to over 7,000 students in middle school and high school.
